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Jim Inhofe

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James Mountain Inhofe is a former United States Senator from Oklahoma, serving from 1994 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Inhofe is known for his strong conservative views, particularly on issues related to national defense and environmental policy. He gained notoriety for his skepticism regarding climate change, famously calling it a hoax. Throughout his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

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Feb 22, 2010

We are going to be making the request, Madam Chairman, that we go back, re-look at this.

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Feb 22, 2010

The Supreme Court said you have three choices. You can either find an endangerment finding, or not find it, or you can say that the science is uncertain.

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Feb 22, 2010

We are going to do the damage, inflict the economic damage to this country that would have come under cap-and-trade.

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Feb 22, 2010

The bottom line is this. We--every effort was made going back to even before the McCain-Lieberman bills of 2003, 2005.

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Feb 22, 2010

We have been told that the science still stands.

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Feb 22, 2010

The EPA accepted the IPCC's erroneous claims wholesale without doing its own independent review.

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Feb 22, 2010

This report is a primary basis for the EPA's endangerment finding for greenhouse gases.

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Feb 22, 2010

The U.K. Telegraph, one of the largest newspapers over there, said this is most significant scientific scandal of our generation.

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Feb 22, 2010

The U.K. government found that the scientists from the Climate Research Unit, that is the CRU, who are at the center of this scandal, violated its Freedom of Information Act.

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Feb 22, 2010

The minority staff found that some of the world's leading climate scientists engaged in potentially illegal and unethical behaviors.

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Feb 22, 2010

I think anyone who wants it now, as of this moment, can go to their Web site, or go to the Web site of Inhofe, what is that Web site? Inhofe.Senate.gov.

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Feb 8, 2010

Schedule some meetings with some goals

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Feb 8, 2010

I hope they will concentrate on getting things done rapidly.

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Feb 8, 2010

Regulatory decisionmaking should not be pressured by economic conditions.

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Feb 8, 2010

Nuclear energy is plentiful, it is cheap, it is safe and it is clean.

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Feb 8, 2010

I was glad to hear that President Obama is now embracing nuclear energy as crucial to our energy security and economic prosperity.

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Feb 8, 2010

Mr. Elkins, you have your work cut out for you.

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Feb 8, 2010

I will be supporting all of the nominees, and I look forward to working with them.

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Feb 8, 2010

Thank you, Madam Chairman, for making last-minute adjustments to today's hearing.

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Feb 3, 2010

Science is the key here. We should be taking the very best science.

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Feb 3, 2010

For over 30 years TSCA has provided a scientifically sound framework for reporting, testing, tracking and restricting chemical substances and mixtures.

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Feb 3, 2010

In almost all circumstances, the benefits of breast feeding exponentially outweigh any possible risks from the mere presence of a chemical in the milk.

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Feb 3, 2010

Misapplying biomonitoring data only serves to scare the public and in some cases advance political agendas.

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Feb 3, 2010

I believe that biomonitoring can be a useful tool in assessing human chemical exposures.

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